Abstract: One aspect provides a method and system for managing address resolution requests in a network. During operation, a gateway of the network advertises a route for sending address resolution requests and determines whether a cached entry corresponding to an address resolution request received via the route exists in a neighbor table. In response to determining that the cached entry exists, the gateway responds to the address resolution request based on the cached entry; in response to determining that the cached entry does not exist, the gateway replicates the address resolution request to edge devices in the network, thereby facilitating discovery of a target host corresponding to the address resolution request.

Abstract: The present embodiments provide a method for managing a hardware resource, a method for querying a location of a hardware resource, and a related apparatus. The method for managing a hardware resource includes receiving, by a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM), a hardware resource allocation request message sent by a VNF management entity, where the hardware resource allocation request message is used to request the VIM to allocate a hardware resource to a virtual machine that runs a VNFC, and the hardware resource allocation request message includes location information of the hardware resource that the virtual machine requests to allocate. The method also includes allocating, by the VIM, the hardware resource at a corresponding location to the virtual machine according to the location information of the hardware resource.

Abstract: One embodiment includes acceleration systems that operate as intermediaries between the API processing system and the clients to reduce API call roundtrip latencies. The acceleration systems are a network of interconnected systems that are distributed across the globe. A given acceleration system establishes a network connection with a given client and receives a request for processing an API call over the connection. The programming function associated with the API call is configured in the API processing system. The acceleration system facilitates the processing of the API call over an established connection with the API processing system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive an indication that a first user is interested in participating in a topic-based messaging session pertaining to a first topic. A second user to match with the first user is identified based on user matching criteria. A topic-based messaging session within which the first user and the second user can exchange messages is generated.

Abstract: Systems and methods are contemplated for reconfiguration of one or more MAC instances while the WTRU is operating using dual- or multi-MAC instance connectivity. For example, upon reception of RRC reconfiguration information that modifies one or more secondary MAC instances, the WTRU may transmit a reconfiguration complete message to a Macro eNB (MeNB) and may synchronize to small-cell or secondary eNB (SeNB), for example if triggered by one or more of an RRC flag, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order (MeNB/SeNB), MAC activation information, etc. For example, the WTRU may synchronize to the SeNB for specific type(s) of RRC reconfigurations, but not other type(s) of RRC reconfigurations. Although examples may be described in terms of dual connectivity, the WTRU may establish connectivity and perform mobility procedures with more than two radio access network (RAN) nodes (e.g., eNBs), and the embodiments described may be equally applicable to those scenarios.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing health of devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment. A method includes detecting an occurrence of at least one event on a device of a plurality of devices and determining a change in ambience in the device. The method also includes detecting at least one anomaly in the device if the determined change in the ambience of the at least one device does not satisfy threshold criteria determined for the at least one event. The method further includes determining at least one root cause for the at least one anomaly detected in the device.

Abstract: An Ethernet physical-layer (PHY) device includes an analog front-end and one or more processors. The analog front-end is configured to interface with an Ethernet link that is coupled to a peer Ethernet PHY device. The one or more processors are configured to receive a firmware image from the peer Ethernet PHY device over the Ethernet link, and to boot the Ethernet PHY device and establish Ethernet communication with the peer Ethernet PHY device in accordance with the received firmware image.

Abstract: An in-vehicle network system includes an upper device, a first intermediate device, and a first lower device. The first intermediate device includes a first communication unit and a second communication unit that are arranged redundantly and that have a communication function. The first intermediate device is configured to communicate with the upper device via a plurality of communication paths. The first lower device is connected to the first communication unit and the second communication unit of the first intermediate device.

Abstract: An enterprise management platform is configured to host a respective instance for multiple client networks. The enterprise management platform receives incoming data including one or more metrics being tracked in the incoming data by the enterprise management platform. The enterprise management platform determines that a condition is reached based on the one or more metrics and selects at least a portion of the incoming data for a dashboard of the enterprise management platform responsive to determining that the incoming data is indicative of the condition being reached. The enterprise management platform provides, to a client device associated with one of the plurality of client networks, a representation of a graphical user interface displaying a data insights widget of the dashboard that displays the data indicative of the condition being reached without displaying other data in the incoming data that has not reached a level indicative of other conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method and apparatus based on edge computing, a computer storage medium, and an electronic device. The communication method based on edge computing includes: receiving an uplink Internet Protocol (IP) packet transmitted by a user equipment, a destination address of the uplink IP packet being a network address of a target application server; determining a network address of a local edge server that is configured to respond to the uplink IP packet according to the network address of the target application server; and modifying the destination address of the uplink IP packet to the network address of the local edge server, and forwarding the modified uplink IP packet to the local edge server for processing.

Abstract: A method for prohibiting email content propagation that receives, at a server, an email message. At the server, at least one email address associated with the email message which is designated not to receive a content of the email message is identified. At the server, the email message is modified by selectively removing a content of the email message to be conveyed to the at least one email address. The server conveys the modified email message to the at least one email address. The server conveys the email message to one or more recipient email addresses except the at least one email address. Consequently, the server has sent a submitted message to multiple email addresses, while modifying the content sent to a subset of the addresses that received the email message.

Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to provide a distributed core framework for a voice and data network. A control plane comprising a set of control plane components is executed using a set of virtual machines running on a set of computing devices. The control plane comprises a first network interface to the voice and data network that is shared by the set of control plane components. A data plane comprising a set of data plane components is executed using a set of virtual machines running on a set of computing devices. The data plane comprises a second network interface to the voice and data network that is shared by the set of data plane components. Upon receipt of a session request from a remote device, a selected data plane component is selected to handle a corresponding session, such that the selected data plane component can directly communicate with the remote device using the second network interface to handle the session.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a novel method for deploying different virtual networks over several public cloud datacenters for different entities. For each entity, the method (1) identifies a set of public cloud datacenters of one or more public cloud providers to connect a set of machines of the entity, (2) deploys managed forwarding nodes (MFNs) for the entity in the identified set of public cloud datacenters, and then (3) configures the MFNs to implement a virtual network that connects the entity's set of machines across its identified set of public cloud datacenters. In some embodiments, the method identifies the set of public cloud datacenters for an entity by receiving input from the entity's network administrator. In some embodiments, this input specifies the public cloud providers to use and/or the public cloud regions in which the virtual network should be defined. Conjunctively, or alternatively, this input in some embodiments specifies actual public cloud datacenters to use.

Abstract: A computer-implemented machine learning method for improving a collaboration environment is provided. The method comprises receiving text data for one or more users of the collaboration environment. The method further comprises generating a statement by partitioning the text data. The method further comprises determining an act using the statement and generating a thread using at least the statement and the act. The method further comprises generating an actor list using at least the thread, and generating an actionable item using the actor list and the thread.

Abstract: An intelligent agent monitors operation of at least one software virtualized network (VN). Context information associated with the VN is used to analyze a state of the VN. At least one configuration change is caused to the VN in response to analysis of the state of the VN. A change is identified to the state of the VN caused by the configuration change. A determination is made as to whether or not the change to the state of the VN is an improvement to operation of the VN. A response to the determination is made by causing at least one other configuration change to the VN.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for establishing a video conference session. The systems and methods may include receiving, from a first conference client device, a request to establish a conference session with a second conference client device; determining a first media router for forwarding, to the second conference client device, a media data stream with predetermined attributes of a plurality of first media data streams generated by the first conference client device; determining a second media router for forwarding, to the first conference client, a media data stream with predetermined media attributes of a plurality of second media data streams generated by the second conference client device; and transmitting, to the first conference client device, a first address associated with the first media router and a second address associated with the second media router.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for analyzing the effect(s) that a configuration change to one device has on other connected devices. In one embodiment, the disclosed functionality includes determining connectivity information associated with a data center, where the data center comprises at least a first device and a second device; discovering one or more changes to a configuration of the first device; determining, based at least in part on the connectivity information, that the second device is impacted by the one or more changes to the configuration of the first device; and determining one or more impacts to the second device as a result of the one or more changes, where each of the one or more impacts indicates a positive impact to the second device, a negative impact to the second device, or no impact to the second device.

Abstract: Techniques to utilize excess resources in a cloud system, such as by enabling an auxiliary resource utilizer to use resources while they are not needed to support primary resource utilizers, are described herein. Some embodiments are directed to identifying and allocating excess capacity of resources in a cloud system to auxiliary resource utilizers based on one or more policies. In various embodiments, excess resources in one or more of the set of resources in the cloud system, or cloud resources, may be determined based on monitoring utilization of the cloud resources by the primary resource utilizers. In many embodiments, an auxiliary resource utilizer that is in compliance with a set of utilization policies may be identified and the excess resources may be allocated to the auxiliary resource utilizer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of facilitating live streaming of content on multiple social media platforms. The method comprises receiving, using a communication device, a plurality of digital content from a source user device. Further, the method comprises receiving, using the communication device, a plurality of target identifiers from the source user device. Further, the method comprises identifying, using a processing device, a plurality of social media servers associated with the plurality of target identifiers. Further, the method comprises processing, using the processing device, the plurality of digital content based on a plurality of platform characteristics corresponding to the plurality of social media servers. Further, the method comprises generating, using the processing device, a plurality of transformed digital content based on the processing.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for pairing a speech-enabled device with a display device. A determination may be made to pair a speech-enabled device with a display device of a particular type. A set of display devices that are associated with the speech-enabled device may be identified in response to determining to pair the speech-enabled device with the display device of the particular type. An instruction may be provided to each of the display devices. The instruction may cause the display device to determine (i) whether the display device is of the particular type and (ii) whether the display device and the speech-enabled device both share a local area network and display on the display device an indication regarding pairing with the speech-enabled device.